Friday, November 18, 2011

Wonder and Blunders

Townsend, Michael.  Amazing Greek Myths of Wonder and Blunders.  Dial Books, 2010.  160 pages.  Nonfiction.

Pandora could not resist opening Zeus’s box...  Arachne is turned into a spider after offending Athena...  Greek mythology is full of infamous and hilarious mistakes!                        

Get a taste for Townsend’s style through this book trailer:

Athena's Wisdom:  In addition to humor, Amazing Greek Myths of Wonder and Blunders offers the following nine famous myths: The Foolish King Midas and the Golden Touch, Pandora and the Box of Mystery, Pygmalion and His Rocky Relationship!!!, The Abduction of Persephone, Arachne Gets a Big Head!!!, Perseus vs. Two Nasty Kings and a Really Ugly Monster, Pyramus and Thisbe: An Icky Love Story, Pyramus and Thisbe: An Icky Love Story, The Short Flight of Icarus!, Hercules and the Ten Labors (Give or Take a Few).


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